Hi,
Patch level 1 for phpMyAdmin 2.6.4 fixes those two problems:
- exporting in https mode under Internet Explorer fails
- a missing Save button in Relation view where pmadb is not defined
Details on http://www.phpmyadmin.net
Marc Delisle, for the team
_ __ __ _ _ _
_ __ | |__ _ __ | \/ |_ _ / \ __| |_ __ ___ (_)_ __
| "_ \| "_ \| "_ \| |\/| | | | | / _ \ / _` | "_ ` _ \| | "_ \
| |_) | | | | |_) | | | | |_| |/ ___ \ (_| | | | | | | | | | |
| .__/|_| |_| .__/|_| |_|\__, /_/ \_\__,_|_| |_| |_|_|_| |_|
|_| |_| |___/ 2.6.4
http://www.phpmyadmin.net
phpMyAdmin 2.6.4 - September 10th, 2005
=======================================
A set of PHP-scripts to administrate MySQL over the Web.
--------------------------------------------------------
Announcement
------------
The phpMyAdmin Project is proud to announce the immediate
availability
of phpMyAdmin 2.6.4.
phpMyAdmin is a web administration tool for MySQL databases,
intended to
handle a whole database server as well as a single database. Over
the years,
it has become the most popular Web GUI for MySQL and is
downloaded between 6,000
and 14,000 times a day, according to SourceForge.net.
Highlights
----------
Improvements:
* Foreign-key dropdowns can be more customized
* Export: configurable filename templates
* Display column comments while editing data
* Transformations: new hexadecimal mode
* HTTP auth: support FastCGI
* Themes: can now have different theme per server
* OLD_PASSWORD in the list of functions
* Better messages when checking numerical input
* Allow adding DROP TABLE when copying databases
* Better support of information_schema
* Various interface CSS improvements
* Tree subgroups in left panel database selector
* Documentation: links and anchors to every FAQ item
* Table comments move to page header
* Export: configurable default charset
* Removed warning about PmaAbsoluteUri not set
Fixes:
* Database search in MySQL 5.0.x on fields without a charset
* Invalid "normal" cursor style
* Browsing state when deleting multiple rows
* Support bigger queries in print view, insert row, export results
* Unsaved changes to relations were lost when changing display field
* Exporting under IE 6 (Windows XP SP2)
* Better catching of parse errors in config file
* XSS on the cookie-based login panel
* Show all while browsing foreign values
* Escaping of special characters in ENUM or SET
* XSS on table creation page
* Using mysqli extension with MySQL 4.0.x
* "empty result set" message was sometimes not returned
* Incorrect message "You should define a primary key"
* Abide cfg['Lang'] settings even if using MySQL > 4.1.x
* XSS on username (cookie-based login)
Detailed list of changes is available under
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation/changelog.php
Availability
------------
This software is available under the GNU General Public License
V2.0.
You can get the newest version at http://www.phpmyadmin.net/
Available file formats are: .zip, .tar.gz and .tar.bz2.
If you install phpMyAdmin on your system, it's recommended to
subscribe to the news mailing list by adding your address under
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news
This way, you will be informed of new updates and security fixes.
It is a read only list, and traffic is not greater than a few
mail every year.
Support and Documentation
-------------------------
The documentation is included in the software package as text and
HTML file, but can also be downloaded from:
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation/
The software is provided as is without any express or implied
warranty, but there is a bugs tracker page under:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ [click on "Bugs"]
In addition, there are also a number of discussion lists
related to phpMyAdmin. A list of mailing lists with archives
is available at:
http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=23067 or
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ [click on "Lists"]
Finally, an users support forum is also available under:
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=72909
Known bugs
----------
Please subscribe to the news mailing list under
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news
or regularly check the sourceforge bugs tracker.
Donations
---------
The project accepts donations to help improve the product. There is
a "Donations" link on http://www.phpmyadmin.net.
Description
-----------
phpMyAdmin handles the administration of MySQL over the Web. It
can manage a whole MySQL server as well as a single database.
Currently it can:
- create, copy, rename and drop databases
- create, copy, drop, rename and alter tables
- do table maintenance
- delete, edit and add fields
- execute any SQL-statement, even batch-queries
- manage keys on fields
- load text files into tables
- create and read dumps of tables
- export data to CSV, XML and Latex formats
- administer multiple servers
- manage MySQL users and privileges
- check referential integrity
- using Query-by-example (QBE), create complex queries
automatically
connecting required tables
- create PDF graphics of your Database layout
- search globally in a database or a subset of it
- communicate in 50 different languages
Authors & Copyright
-------------------
Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller
<tobias_at_ratschiller..com>
Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Marc Delisle
<DelislMa_at_CollegeSherbrooke.qc.ca>
Olivier Müller <om_at_omnis.ch>
Robin Johnson
<robbat2_at_users.sourceforge.net>
Alexander M. Turek <me_at_derrabus.de>
Michal Cihar <michal_at_cihar.com>
Garvin Hicking <me_at_supergarv.de>
Marcel Tschopp
<ne0x_at_users.sourceforge.net>
+ many other people
(check the CREDITS section of our
documentation)
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
02111-1307 USA
Marc Delisle / 2005-09-10
_ __ __ _ _ _
_ __ | |__ _ __ | \/ |_ _ / \ __| |_ __ ___ (_)_ __
| "_ \| "_ \| "_ \| |\/| | | | | / _ \ / _` | "_ ` _ \| | "_ \
| |_) | | | | |_) | | | | |_| |/ ___ \ (_| | | | | | | | | | |
| .__/|_| |_| .__/|_| |_|\__, /_/ \_\__,_|_| |_| |_|_|_| |_|
|_| |_| |___/ 2.6.4-rc1
http://www.phpmyadmin.net
phpMyAdmin 2.6.4-rc1 - August 28th, 2005
========================================
A set of PHP-scripts to administrate MySQL over the Web.
--------------------------------------------------------
Announcement
------------
The phpMyAdmin Project is proud to announce the immediate
availability of the first release candidate for phpMyAdmin 2.6.4.
phpMyAdmin is a web administration tool for MySQL databases, intended to
handle a whole database server as well as a single database. Over the years,
it has become the most popular Web GUI for MySQL and is downloaded
between 6,000
and 14,000 times a day, according to SourceForge.net.
Highlights
----------
Improvements:
* Foreign-key dropdowns can be more customized
* Export: configurable filename templates
* Display column comments while editing data
* Transformations: new hexadecimal mode
* HTTP auth: support FastCGI
* Themes: can now have different theme per server
* OLD_PASSWORD in the list of functions
* Better messages when checking numerical input
* Allow adding DROP TABLE when copying databases
* Better support of information_schema
* Various interface CSS improvements
* Tree subgroups in left panel database selector
* Documentation: links and anchors to every FAQ item
* Table comments move to page header
* Export: configurable default charset
* Removed warning about PmaAbsoluteUri not set
Fixes:
* Database search in MySQL 5.0.x on fields without a charset
* Invalid "normal" cursor style
* Browsing state when deleting multiple rows
* Support bigger queries in print view, insert row, export results
* Unsaved changes to relations were lost when changing display field
* Exporting under IE 6 (Windows XP SP2)
* Better catching of parse errors in config file
* XSS on the cookie-based login panel
* Show all while browsing foreign values
* Escaping of special characters in ENUM or SET
* XSS on table creation page
* Using mysqli extension with MySQL 4.0.x
* "empty result set" message was sometimes not returned
* Incorrect message "You should define a primary key"
* Abide cfg['Lang'] settings even if using MySQL > 4.1.x
Detailed list of changes is available under
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ChangeLog.txt
Availability
------------
This software is available under the GNU General Public License V2.0.
You can get the newest version at http://www.phpmyadmin.net/
Available file formats are: .zip, .tar.gz and .tar.bz2.
If you install phpMyAdmin on your system, it's recommended to
subscribe to the news mailing list by adding your address under
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news
This way, you will be informed of new updates and security fixes.
It is a read only list, and traffic is not greater than a few
mail every year.
Support and Documentation
-------------------------
The documentation is included in the software package as text and
HTML file, but can also be downloaded from:
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation/
The software is provided as is without any express or implied
warranty, but there is a bugs tracker page under:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ [click on "Bugs"]
In addition, there are also a number of discussion lists
related to phpMyAdmin. A list of mailing lists with archives
is available at:
http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=23067 or
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ [click on "Lists"]
Finally, an users support forum is also available under:
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=72909
Known bugs
----------
Please subscribe to the news mailing list under
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news
or regularly check the sourceforge bugs tracker.
Donations
---------
The project accepts donations to help improve the product. There is
a "Donations" link on http://www.phpmyadmin.net.
Description
-----------
phpMyAdmin handles the administration of MySQL over the Web. It
can manage a whole MySQL server as well as a single database.
Currently it can:
- create, copy, rename and drop databases
- create, copy, drop, rename and alter tables
- do table maintenance
- delete, edit and add fields
- execute any SQL-statement, even batch-queries
- manage keys on fields
- load text files into tables
- create and read dumps of tables
- export data to CSV, XML and Latex formats
- administer multiple servers
- manage MySQL users and privileges
- check referential integrity
- using Query-by-example (QBE), create complex queries automatically
connecting required tables
- create PDF graphics of your Database layout
- search globally in a database or a subset of it
- communicate in 50 different languages
Authors & Copyright
-------------------
Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller <tobias_at_ratschiller..com>
Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Marc Delisle <DelislMa_at_CollegeSherbrooke.qc.ca>
Olivier Müller <om_at_omnis.ch>
Robin Johnson <robbat2_at_users.sourceforge.net>
Alexander M. Turek <me_at_derrabus.de>
Michal Cihar <michal_at_cihar.com>
Garvin Hicking <me_at_supergarv.de>
Marcel Tschopp <ne0x_at_users.sourceforge..net>
+ many other people
(check the CREDITS section of our documentation)
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
Marc Delisle/ 2005-08-28
_ __ __ _ _ _
_ __ | |__ _ __ | \/ |_ _ / \ __| |_ __ ___ (_)_ __
| "_ \| "_ \| "_ \| |\/| | | | | / _ \ / _` | "_ ` _ \| | "_ \
| |_) | | | | |_) | | | | |_| |/ ___ \ (_| | | | | | | | | | |
| .__/|_| |_| .__/|_| |_|\__, /_/ \_\__,_|_| |_| |_|_|_| |_|
|_| |_| |___/ 2.6.3
http://www.phpmyadmin.net
phpMyAdmin 2.6.3 - July 3rd, 2005
=================================
A set of PHP-scripts to administrate MySQL over the Web.
--------------------------------------------------------
Announcement
------------
The phpMyAdmin Project is proud to announce the immediate availability of
phpMyAdmin 2.6.3.
phpMyAdmin is a web administration tool for MySQL databases, intended to
handle a whole database server as well as a single database. Over the years,
it has become the most popular GUI for MySQL and is downloaded between 6,000
and 14,000 times a day, according to SourceForge.net.
Highlights
----------
Improvements:
* Privileges: Always display the "Add a new user" link
* New script to upgrade a phpMyAdmin installation
* Database view: add a Privileges tab
* Privileges: add a back link to the db on which we are checking privileges
* "Hand" pointer on mouseover and mousedown
* Password generator when creating/editing user account
* Optional database creation before database copy
* New languages: mongolian, tatarish
Fixes:
* Respect the db order given in only_db
* Escaping of apostrophe in generated PHP code
* Better handling of reserved words in queries
* Detection of NULL fields under MySQL 5.0.x
* Ordering by count(*)
* Bookmark copying during table/db copy
* Avoid double compression of exports when zlib.output_compression is On
* Setting collation for a field
* Js error when two queries submitted at once
* Adding fields: table collation forgotten
* Print view: missing header for multi tables
* Comment at the end of query was applied as well to appended LIMIT
* Searching on a VARBINARY field
* Themes: spelling error on a font name
* NULL detection on TIMESTAMPs
* Diacritics wrongly converted
* Changing table type under MySQL 5.0.4
* Left panel update after manual table rename
* Queryframe update after database copy
* Left panel number of rows not updated after emptying table
* Invalid SQL when creating a table with zero fields
* Missing backquotes on the Browse feature in case of duplicate entry
* Exporting the results of a query containing "limit" clause
* Copying a database did not preserve its default charset and collation
* Copying a database containing a MERGE table
* Javascript error when getting the value of a select field in some browsers
* Problem renaming a database
* Changing a table's collation under MySQL 5.0.x
* Wrong type when creating a table under MySQL 5.0.x
* When renaming a database, the old pmadb information would stay
Detailed list of changes since version 2.2.0 is available under
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ChangeLog.txt
Availability
------------
This software is available under the GNU General Public License V2.0.
You can get the newest version at http://www.phpmyadmin.net/
Available file formats are: .zip, .tar.gz and .tar.bz2.
If you install phpMyAdmin on your system, it's recommended to
subscribe to the news mailing list by adding your address under
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news
This way, you will be informed of new updates and security fixes.
It is a read only list, and traffic is not greater than a few
mail every year.
Support and Documentation
-------------------------
The documentation is included in the software package as text and
HTML file, but can also be downloaded from:
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation/
The software is provided as is without any express or implied
warranty, but there is a bugs tracker page under:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ [click on "Bugs"]
In addition, there are also a number of discussion lists
related to phpMyAdmin. A list of mailing lists with archives
is available at:
http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=23067 or
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ [click on "Lists"]
Finally, an users support forum is also available under:
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=72909
Known bugs
----------
- phpMyAdmin SQL parser chokes on fieldnames with certain non-ASCII characters
(bugs #593598, #936161).
To be informed about new releases fixing these problems, please
subscribe to the news mailing list under
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news
or regularly check the sourceforge bugs tracker.
Donations
---------
The project accepts donations to help improve the product. There is
a "Donations" link on http://www.phpmyadmin.net.
Description
-----------
phpMyAdmin is intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web. It
can manage a whole MySQL server as well as a single database.
Currently it can:
- create, copy, rename and drop databases
- create, copy, drop, rename and alter tables
- do table maintenance
- delete, edit and add fields
- execute any SQL-statement, even batch-queries
- manage keys on fields
- load text files into tables
- create and read dumps of tables
- export data to CSV, XML and Latex formats
- administer multiple servers
- manage MySQL users and privileges
- check referential integrity
- using Query-by-example (QBE), create complex queries automatically
connecting required tables
- create PDF graphics of your Database layout
- search globally in a database or a subset of it
- communicate in 50 different languages
Authors & Copyright
-------------------
Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller <tobias_at_ratschiller..com>
Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Marc Delisle <DelislMa_at_CollegeSherbrooke.qc.ca>
Olivier Müller <om_at_omnis.ch>
Robin Johnson <robbat2_at_users.sourceforge.net>
Alexander M. Turek <me_at_derrabus.de>
Michal Cihar <michal_at_cihar.com>
Garvin Hicking <me_at_supergarv.de>
Marcel Tschopp <ne0x_at_users.sourceforge..net>
+ many other people
(check the CREDITS section of our documentation)
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
Marc Delisle/ 2005-07-03
_ __ __ _ _ _
_ __ | |__ _ __ | \/ |_ _ / \ __| |_ __ ___ (_)_ __
| "_ \| "_ \| "_ \| |\/| | | | | / _ \ / _` | "_ ` _ \| | "_ \
| |_) | | | | |_) | | | | |_| |/ ___ \ (_| | | | | | | | | | |
| .__/|_| |_| .__/|_| |_|\__, /_/ \_\__,_|_| |_| |_|_|_| |_|
|_| |_| |___/ 2.6.3-rc1
http://www.phpmyadmin.net
phpMyAdmin 2.6.3-rc1 - June 12th, 2005
======================================
A set of PHP-scripts to administrate MySQL over the Web.
--------------------------------------------------------
Announcement
------------
The phpMyAdmin Project is proud to announce the immediate
availability of the first release candidate for phpMyAdmin 2.6.3.
phpMyAdmin is a web administration tool for MySQL databases, intended to
handle a whole database server as well as a single database. Over the years,
it has become the most popular GUI for MySQL and is downloaded between 6,000
and 14,000 times a day, according to SourceForge.net.
Highlights
----------
Improvements:
* Privileges: Always display the "Add a new user" link
* New script to upgrade a phpMyAdmin installation
* Database view: add a Privileges tab
* Privileges: add a back link to the db on which we are checking privileges
* "Hand" pointer on mouseover and mousedown
* Password generator when creating/editing user account
* Optional database creation before database copy
* New languages: mongolian, tatarish
Fixes:
* Respect the db order given in only_db
* Escaping of apostrophe in generated PHP code
* Better handling of reserved words in queries
* Detection of NULL fields under MySQL 5.0.x
* Ordering by count(*)
* Bookmark copying during table/db copy
* Avoid double compression of exports when zlib.output_compression is On
* Setting collation for a field
* Js error when two queries submitted at once
* Adding fields: table collation forgotten
* Print view: missing header for multi tables
* Comment at the end of query was applied as well to appended LIMIT
* Searching on a VARBINARY field
* Themes: spelling error on a font name
* NULL detection on TIMESTAMPs
* Diacritics wrongly converted
* Changing table type under MySQL 5.0.4
* Left panel update after manual table rename
* Queryframe update after database copy
* Left panel number of rows not updated after emptying table
* Invalid SQL when creating a table with zero fields
* Missing backquotes on the Browse feature in case of duplicate entry
* Exporting the results of a query containing "limit" clause
* Copying a database did not preserve its default charset and collation
Detailed list of changes since version 2.2.0 is available under
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ChangeLog.txt
Availability
------------
This software is available under the GNU General Public License V2.0.
You can get the newest version at http://www.phpmyadmin.net/
Available file formats are: .zip, .tar.gz and .tar.bz2.
If you install phpMyAdmin on your system, it's recommended to
subscribe to the news mailing list by adding your address under
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news
This way, you will be informed of new updates and security fixes.
It is a read only list, and traffic is not greater than a few
mail every year.
Support and Documentation
-------------------------
The documentation is included in the software package as text and
HTML file, but can also be downloaded from:
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation/
The software is provided as is without any express or implied
warranty, but there is a bugs tracker page under:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ [click on "Bugs"]
In addition, there are also a number of discussion lists
related to phpMyAdmin. A list of mailing lists with archives
is available at:
http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=23067 or
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ [click on "Lists"]
Finally, an users support forum is also available under:
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=72909
Known bugs
----------
- phpMyAdmin SQL parser chokes on fieldnames with certain non-ASCII characters
(bugs #593598, #936161).
To be informed about new releases fixing these problems, please
subscribe to the news mailing list under
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news
or regularly check the sourceforge bugs tracker.
Donations
---------
The project accepts donations to help improve the product. There is
a "Donations" link on http://www.phpmyadmin.net.
Description
-----------
phpMyAdmin is intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web. It
can manage a whole MySQL server as well as a single database.
Currently it can:
- create, copy, rename and drop databases
- create, copy, drop, rename and alter tables
- do table maintenance
- delete, edit and add fields
- execute any SQL-statement, even batch-queries
- manage keys on fields
- load text files into tables
- create and read dumps of tables
- export data to CSV, XML and Latex formats
- administer multiple servers
- manage MySQL users and privileges
- check referential integrity
- using Query-by-example (QBE), create complex queries automatically
connecting required tables
- create PDF graphics of your Database layout
- search globally in a database or a subset of it
- communicate in 50 different languages
Authors & Copyright
-------------------
Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller <tobias_at_ratschiller..com>
Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Marc Delisle <DelislMa_at_CollegeSherbrooke.qc.ca>
Olivier Müller <om_at_omnis.ch>
Robin Johnson <robbat2_at_users.sourceforge.net>
Alexander M. Turek <me_at_derrabus.de>
Michal Cihar <michal_at_cihar.com>
Garvin Hicking <me_at_supergarv.de>
Marcel Tschopp <ne0x_at_users.sourceforge..net>
+ many other people
(check the CREDITS section of our documentation)
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
Marc Delisle/ 2005-06-12
Hi,
The phpMyAdmin team announces version 2.6.2 patch level 1. It contains
a few fixes:
- Undefined htmlexcel_null (wrong detection of config file version)
- Wrong treatment of NULL attribute under MySQL 5.0.x
- Missing character sets and collations
- Explicitely setting collation for a field
Please refer to http://www.phpmyadmin.net for downloads.
Marc Delisle, for the team
_ __ __ _ _ _
_ __ | |__ _ __ | \/ |_ _ / \ __| |_ __ ___ (_)_ __
| "_ \| "_ \| "_ \| |\/| | | | | / _ \ / _` | "_ ` _ \| | "_ \
| |_) | | | | |_) | | | | |_| |/ ___ \ (_| | | | | | | | | | |
| .__/|_| |_| .__/|_| |_|\__, /_/ \_\__,_|_| |_| |_|_|_| |_|
|_| |_| |___/ 2.6.2
http://www.phpmyadmin.net
phpMyAdmin 2.6.2 - April 16th, 2005
===================================
A set of PHP-scripts to administrate MySQL over the Web.
--------------------------------------------------------
Announcement
------------
The phpMyAdmin Project is proud to announce the immediate
availability of phpMyAdmin 2.6.2.
Version 2.6.2 contains improvements for better MySQL 4.1 and 5.0
support, and a fix for a new security vulnerability.
phpMyAdmin is a web administration tool for MySQL databases, intended to
handle a whole database server as well as a single database. Over the years,
it has become the most popular GUI for MySQL and is downloaded about 6,000
times a day, according to SourceForge.net.
Highlights
----------
Note:
If you are using the 'cookie' authentication type, please delete in your
browser's data the cookies which relate to phpMyAdmin, before your first
use of phpMyAdmin 2.6.2. Thanks to Dmitry Chorine for the information.
Improvements:
* MySQL 4.1.x native column comments
* MySQL 5.0: Basic detection mechanism for views:
o Views are no longer displayed as tables in use
o Ability to drop views
* MySQL 5.0: Interface fixes and hardcoded virtual relations for information_schema
* MySQL 4.1: Better automatic detection for available storage engines
* New storage engines overview page
o Plugin-like infrastructure for storage engine status monitors
o Overview of startup variables and current values
o MySQL 5.0 / InnoDB: Buffer pool activity monitor
* MySQL 4.1.2+ TIMESTAMP options
* Export: Native Microsoft Word 2000 and Excel 2000 formats
* PDF schema visual editor: column names now optional
* MySQL 5.0.3 new Japanese charsets support (cp932, eucjpms)
* Parser: added missing date and time MySQL functions
* Documentation: explain all Export options handling
* Cookie paths: added / to end of path
* Show database comments at more places
* Better use of print styles in themes
* Bookmarks: sort by label, remove the number before each label
* Better protection against possible collation conflicts and out-of-sync errors in PMADB queries
* Relation view: removed pmadb-style comments handling (now available just on the Structure page)
* FAQ about using HTTP authentication under IIS
* New editions for some language files (especially ISO-8859-15)
* (rc1) English messages improvements
* (final) New language: belarusian
Fixes:
* Detection of SELECT query to display on multiple submits
* PDF schema: missing header
* A failed connection was not properly detected
* Problem with Japanese language under MySQL 4.1.x
* Export
o Various errors under mysqli extension
o SQL format under Safari browser
o Do not offer export modes not available in current MySQL version
* Changing the type of a FLOAT unsigned column
* Adding field with collation
* Calendar popup and TIMESTAMP field under MySQL 4.1.x
* PHP 4.1.x: wrong parameter count (mcrypt.lib.php)
* Problem when SHOW DATABASES is disabled
* Copy table: commands out of sync
* User management
o Host not changing with editing user
o Escaping character removed by error
* MySQL 5.0.x: "No database selected" error
* Print view: displaying of indexes
* Cookie auth: error when blowfish_secret is empty
* MySQL 4.1.2: "Reload MySQL" link not seen
* MySQL 5 server binlog compatibility
* PDF pages generation: wrong documentation
* Inserted row id was not always correctly reported
* (rc1) Do not offer unavailable collations
* (rc1) XSS vulnerability on "convcharset"
* (rc1) Do not allow to drop information_schema
* (rc1) Undefined offset (on the left panel)
* (rc1) Problem copying InnoDB table with foreign-key constraints to a table in the same database
* (final) Problem editing a user's profile
* (final) Error going from Export to Insert tab
Detailed list of changes since version 2.2.0 is available under
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ChangeLog.txt
Availability
------------
This software is available under the GNU General Public License V2.0.
You can get the newest version at http://www.phpmyadmin.net/
Available file formats are: .zip, .tar.gz and .tar.bz2.
If you install phpMyAdmin on your system, it"s recommended to
subscribe to the news mailing list by adding your address under
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news
This way, you will be informed of new updates and security fixes.
It is a read only list, and traffic is not greater than a few
mail every year.
Support and Documentation
-------------------------
The documentation is included in the software package as text and
HTML file, but can also be downloaded from:
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation/
The software is provided as is without any express or implied
warranty, but there is a bugs tracker page under:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ [click on "Bugs"]
In addition, there are also a number of discussion lists
related to phpMyAdmin. A list of mailing lists with archives
is available at:
http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=23067 or
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ [click on "Lists"]
Finally, an users support forum is also available under:
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=72909
Known bugs
----------
- phpMyAdmin SQL parser chokes on fieldnames with certain non-ASCII characters
(bugs #593598, #936161).
To be informed about new releases fixing these problems, please
subscribe to the news mailing list under
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news
or regularly check the sourceforge bugs tracker.
Donations
---------
The project accepts donations to help improve the product. There is
a "Donations" link on http://www.phpmyadmin.net.
Description
-----------
phpMyAdmin is intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web. It
can manage a whole MySQL server as well as a single database.
Currently it can:
- create, copy, rename and drop databases
- create, copy, drop, rename and alter tables
- do table maintenance
- delete, edit and add fields
- execute any SQL-statement, even batch-queries
- manage keys on fields
- load text files into tables
- create and read dumps of tables
- export data to CSV, XML and Latex formats
- administer multiple servers
- manage MySQL users and privileges
- check referential integrity
- using Query-by-example (QBE), create complex queries automatically
connecting required tables
- create PDF graphics of your Database layout
- search globally in a database or a subset of it
- communicate in 47 different languages
Authors & Copyright
-------------------
Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller <tobias_at_ratschiller..com>
Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Marc Delisle <DelislMa_at_CollegeSherbrooke.qc.ca>
Olivier Müller <om_at_omnis.ch>
Robin Johnson <robbat2_at_users.sourceforge.net>
Alexander M. Turek <me_at_derrabus.de>
Michal Cihar <michal_at_cihar.com>
Garvin Hicking <me_at_supergarv.de>
Marcel Tschopp <ne0x_at_users.sourceforge..net>
+ many other people
(check the CREDITS section of our documentation)
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
Marc Delisle/ 2005-04-16
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http://www.phpmyadmin.net
phpMyAdmin 2.6.2-rc1 - April 3rd, 2005
======================================
A set of PHP-scripts to administrate MySQL over the Web.
--------------------------------------------------------
Announcement
------------
The phpMyAdmin Project is proud to announce the immediate
availability of the first release candidate of phpMyAdmin 2.6.2.
Version 2.6.2 contains improvements for better MySQL 4.1 and 5.0
support, and a fix for a new security vulnerability.
phpMyAdmin is a web administration tool for MySQL databases, intended to
handle a whole database server as well as a single database. Over the years,
it has become the most popular GUI for MySQL and is downloaded about 6,000
times a day, according to SourceForge.net.
The highlights of this release in detail:
Highlights
----------
Improvements:
* MySQL 4.1.x native column comments
* MySQL 5.0: Basic detection mechanism for views:
o Views are no longer displayed as tables in use
o Ability to drop views
* MySQL 5.0: Interface fixes and hardcoded virtual relations for information_schema
* MySQL 4.1: Better automatic detection for available storage engines
* New storage engines overview page
o Plugin-like infrastructure for storage engine status monitors
o Overview of startup variables and current values
o MySQL 5.0 / InnoDB: Buffer pool activity monitor
* MySQL 4.1.2+ TIMESTAMP options
* Export: Native Microsoft Word 2000 and Excel 2000 formats
* PDF schema visual editor: column names now optional
* MySQL 5.0.3 new Japanese charsets support (cp932, eucjpms)
* Parser: added missing date and time MySQL functions
* Documentation: explain all Export options handling
* Cookie paths: added / to end of path
* Show database comments at more places
* Better use of print styles in themes
* Bookmarks: sort by label, remove the number before each label
* Better protection against possible collation conflicts and out-of-sync errors in PMADB queries
* Relation view: removed pmadb-style comments handling (now available just on the Structure page)
* FAQ about using HTTP authentication under IIS
* New editions for some language files (especially ISO-8859-15)
* (rc1) English messages improvements
Fixes:
* Detection of SELECT query to display on multiple submits
* PDF schema: missing header
* A failed connection was not properly detected
* Problem with Japanese language under MySQL 4.1.x
* Export
o Various errors under mysqli extension
o SQL format under Safari browser
o Do not offer export modes not available in current MySQL version
* Changing the type of a FLOAT unsigned column
* Adding field with collation
* Calendar popup and TIMESTAMP field under MySQL 4.1.x
* PHP 4.1.x: wrong parameter count (mcrypt.lib.php)
* Problem when SHOW DATABASES is disabled
* Copy table: commands out of sync
* User management
o Host not changing with editing user
o Escaping character removed by error
* MySQL 5.0.x: "No database selected" error
* Print view: displaying of indexes
* Cookie auth: error when blowfish_secret is empty
* MySQL 4.1.2: "Reload MySQL" link not seen
* MySQL 5 server binlog compatibility
* PDF pages generation: wrong documentation
* Inserted row id was not always correctly reported
* (rc1) Do not offer unavailable collations
* (rc1) XSS vulnerability on "convcharset"
* (rc1) Do not allow to drop information_schema
* (rc1) Undefined offset (on the left panel)
* (rc1) Problem copying InnoDB table with foreign-key constraints to a table in the same database
Detailed list of changes since version 2.2.0 is available under
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ChangeLog.txt
Availability
------------
This software is available under the GNU General Public License V2.0.
You can get the newest version at http://www.phpmyadmin.net/
Available file formats are: .zip, .tar.gz and .tar.bz2.
If you install phpMyAdmin on your system, it"s recommended to
subscribe to the news mailing list by adding your address under
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news
This way, you will be informed of new updates and security fixes.
It is a read only list, and traffic is not greater than a few
mail every year.
Support and Documentation
-------------------------
The documentation is included in the software package as text and
HTML file, but can also be downloaded from:
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation/
The software is provided as is without any express or implied
warranty, but there is a bugs tracker page under:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ [click on "Bugs"]
In addition, there are also a number of discussion lists
related to phpMyAdmin. A list of mailing lists with archives
is available at:
http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=23067 or
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ [click on "Lists"]
Finally, an users support forum is also available under:
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=72909
Known bugs
----------
- phpMyAdmin SQL parser chokes on fieldnames with certain non-ASCII characters
(bugs #593598, #936161).
To be informed about new releases fixing these problems, please
subscribe to the news mailing list under
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news
or regularly check the sourceforge bugs tracker.
Donations
---------
The project accepts donations to help improve the product. There is
a "Donations" link on http://www.phpmyadmin.net.
Description
-----------
phpMyAdmin is intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web. It
can manage a whole MySQL server as well as a single database.
Currently it can:
- create, copy, rename and drop databases
- create, copy, drop, rename and alter tables
- do table maintenance
- delete, edit and add fields
- execute any SQL-statement, even batch-queries
- manage keys on fields
- load text files into tables
- create and read dumps of tables
- export data to CSV, XML and Latex formats
- administer multiple servers
- manage MySQL users and privileges
- check referential integrity
- using Query-by-example (QBE), create complex queries automatically
connecting required tables
- create PDF graphics of your Database layout
- search globally in a database or a subset of it
- communicate in 47 different languages
Authors & Copyright
-------------------
Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller <tobias_at_ratschiller..com>
Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Marc Delisle <DelislMa_at_CollegeSherbrooke.qc.ca>
Olivier Müller <om_at_omnis.ch>
Robin Johnson <robbat2_at_users.sourceforge.net>
Alexander M. Turek <me_at_derrabus.de>
Michal Cihar <michal_at_cihar.com>
Garvin Hicking <me_at_supergarv.de>
Marcel Tschopp <ne0x_at_users.sourceforge..net>
+ many other people
(check the CREDITS section of our documentation)
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
Marc Delisle/ 2005-04-03
